What we’ll cover in this quickstart:
- Creating a New Web Page
- Saving a New Web Page
- Changing the Title of a New Web Page
These instructions assume that you have already used Dreamweaver’s Site Definition feature to set up your
website and that you are ready to create a web page.
Create New Web Page
1. Select File > New to display New
Document dialog box
2. Under Category select Basic Page.
3. Under Basic Page, make sure HTML
is selected.
4. Click the Create button to create a new
web page and display it in the Document
window.
Save the New Web Page
1. Select File > Save As to display the
File Save As dialog box.
2. Save the web page in the folder you
created when you defined your web site.
3. Save your home page as index.htm or
index.html.
Tip: When your web page is opened on
the Web the browser automatically
searches for a file named index.htm or
index.html. If you give your home page
another name, such as “homepage.htm”,
the browser will not be able to locate
your page and display it.
Changing the Title of Your Web Page
1. Select Modify > Page Properties to
display the Page Properties dialog box.
2. Under Category, select
Title/Encoding.
3. In the Title box, replace the default title,
“Untitled” with “Home Page” or
something similar, and click OK. The new
title of your page now displays in the title
bar at the top of the Dreamweaver
Document window.
4. You can also use the Page Properties
dialog box to change the appearance and
other features of you web page.
The Finished Web Page
Your finished (up to this point) home page
should look similar to the one shown below Congratulations!! You have
created your first web page in
Dreamweaver 8.
